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14 month old nursing like a newborn

My DD is 14.5 months old and has started asking for milk A LOT! She recently got the "milk" sign down really well, and now requests milk at every opportunity - I'd say like 12 times a day, up from 4-6 times. We've always nursed on demand and are doing child-led weaning, so I hate to tell her no. Should I attempt to reason with her on when we can nurse or should I make every effort to make time until this passes? I'm sure it's just because she's reveling in the fact that she can communicate this with me.

Re: 14 month old nursing like a newborn

Originally Posted by @llli*becca-mama2elisabeth

My DD is 14.5 months old and has started asking for milk A LOT! She recently got the "milk" sign down really well, and now requests milk at every opportunity - I'd say like 12 times a day, up from 4-6 times. We've always nursed on demand and are doing child-led weaning, so I hate to tell her no. Should I attempt to reason with her on when we can nurse or should I make every effort to make time until this passes? I'm sure it's just because she's reveling in the fact that she can communicate this with me.

Me and Silas (almost 15 months) are right there with you guys!
I work full time so it's as soon as he sees me at DCP's house, etc... I'm just follwoing his lead, i think he'll get tired of it after a while.... my husband laughed last night b/c Silas ws trying to pick up the boppy pillow and hand it too me, grunting and frustrated, and I said what's wrong you want some milk? he threw his hand up and started signing milk milk milk....

Re: 14 month old nursing like a newborn

My 14 month old brings me the boppy pillow when ever we are home and he wants to nurse. He knows the sign for milk and will nod yes when I sign it to him after he brings the pillow. It cracks me and and my husband up. If he brings me the pillow and I am busy with something else and tell him to wait he freaks out, lays the pillow down and lays on it all dramatic like until I have time to nurse him. My MIL babysat when I had to go to the ER with kidney stones recently and he refused to go to sleep and eventaually crawled over to his bobby pillow and curled up and fell asleep. SO CUTE!

Re: 14 month old nursing like a newborn

Enjoy it! I have found toddler nursing swinging wildly from nursing non-stop to nursing just a few times a day. Of course you can set limits, but 14 months is so little if they want to nurse then I would probably let them.

My pedi told me that between the ages of 1-2 that I should nurse as often and as long as Logan needs!

Re: 14 month old nursing like a newborn

My DD suddenly started nursing like a newborn around 13 months. I talked to my LC, and she told me it was very common at that age, with all the milestones and growing they are doing. She assured me it wouldn't last forever, and it didn't. She suggested trying the "don't offer, don't refuse" method, which suited me and DD quite well. Within a month DD slowed way down and weaned on her own another month after that (probably because I was pregnant and the milk supply changed). I'd say do what feels right, and don't worry about it if "right" means letting her nurse lots. It won't last forever.

Re: 14 month old nursing like a newborn

My little guy does this. It was most pronounced shen he first learned the sign. I think he was just so proud he could communicate. It got better when he learned to sign water, but now he's sick and teething so we're back to tons of nursing.
When I posted on this last month some of the other moms reminded me that they're old enough now to set some limits if you need to, but it's also not a problem if you want to nurse him often.

Re: 14 month old nursing like a newborn

Originally Posted by @llli*green.momma

Enjoy it! I have found toddler nursing swinging wildly from nursing non-stop to nursing just a few times a day. Of course you can set limits, but 14 months is so little if they want to nurse then I would probably let them.

It's so nice to see that we're not the only ones who are nursing nonstop one day, and hardly at all the next. Toddlers.